Bottle-stopper.



N9. 770,850. PATBNTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

, c. W. GEEKIB.

BGTTLB STUPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

@111mm To@ @dvi 'neobca L. R. @Honnef UNITED STATES Patented September 27, 1904.

CHARLES W. GEEKIE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-STOFFER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,850, dated September 27, 1904.

Application filed .Iauuai'y 4, 1904.

T all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. GEEKIE, a resident of' Baltimore, inthe State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to bottle-Stoppers, and has for its object to provide a practical stopper that will preclude the refilling of the bottle.

The invention consists in the construction herein described and pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of' the stopper in a bottle,the latter being broken away in part. Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are perspective views of the several tubes, which are in practice assembled in the order of' the ordinals of said figures and as shown in Fig'. 1.

Numeral 1 denotes atube or cylinder closed at its upper end and open at the other and provided on opposite sides with openings 2, 3, and 3 in its periphery. Preferably each of the openings 2 near the closed end of the tube is much larger than either of the others. About two inches is a practical length for the stopper.

4 denotes a tube of a size to fit tube 1 and a little shorter in length. It has openings 5 in its periphery, which in use register with openings 3 in tube 1.

6 indicates flanges on the interior of tube 4 to prevent the introduction of a wire from above.

7 is a passage in the upper end of tube 4, and 8 is a surrounding flange to obstruct any attempt to introduce a wire.

9 is a stop for a valve-tube 10, to be described, which is in practice inserted in tube 4. This stop consists of a metal strip passed through the upper openings 5 and bent upwardly on each side of the tube and bent over and under the iiange 8, as shown.

11 is an open tapering tube fitting in the foot of tube 1 and abutting against the lower end of tube 4. This tube 11 is soldered to tube 1 on the outside and leaves a smooth in- Serial No. 187,635. (No model.)

terior for the free movement of a valvetube as far up as the stop or guard 9.

The valve comprises a tapering tube 10, fitted with a cork 12. The cork is shorter than the tube and fits its central portion. This tube isgtapering or frusto-conical and smaller than tube 11, in which it is freely movable, its movements being limited by the stop 9 in one direction and in the other by its bearing in the lower end of tube 11, to which it normally falls by gravity and to which it is carried by pressure or iioatage in case attempt is made to fill the inverted bottle by fluid-pressure.

13 is a tapering tube having its upper end fitted to the lower end of' tube 1 and soldered thereto. It is provided with springs or flanges 14, near its lower end, adapted to bear on the interior of the bottle-neck.

denotes an ordinary bottle-neck, except that its interior is iiared outwardly below, about the region denoted by 16, where the tube 13 its the neck, as indicated in Fig. 1. This interior iiare can be produced in ordinary bottles having cylindrical necks by grinding in a well-known manner.

The tube 13 being soldered to tube 1 on its exterior and all parts duly assembled, the stopper is forced into the bottle-neck and held therein by friction and by springs 14. The bottle is then corked in usual manner shown.

It may be noted that tube4 is a valve-cage, and tube 11 a valve-casing, the lower end of which is the valve-seat.

The nickel-plated tubes, straight and tapering, are light metal.

The valve is normally seated by gravity. When the bottle containing a iiuid is partly or wholly inverted, the Huid-pressure moves the valve against stop 9 and the liquid flows through the several openings in tubes 4 and 1. If an attempt were made to force a liquid into the bottle when inverted, the valve would be carried to its seat either by pressure or flotation or by pressure and flotation jointly.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a perforated tube l adapted to be supported in a bottle-neck, a perforated tube LIheld Within the tube first named, and constituting a valve cage, a tapered valve-casing having a valveseat and `fixed to said tube l, and a valve comprising a tapered tube provided With a cork and freely movable in the valve casing and cage.

f 2. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a perforated tube l adapted to be supported in a bottle-neck, a perforated tube 4 held Within the tube {irst named and constituting a valvecage, a tapered valve-casing having a valve-A valve-cage, a valve-casing, and a valve each comprising a tube, said valve-tube being provided With a cork.

5. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a valve-cage, a valve-casing, and a valve, each comprising a tube, and the valve-cage provided vvith interior ianges to stop the introduction of a Wire.

6. In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a valve-cage, a valve-casing, a valve, each comprising a tube, and a tapered tube provided with spring-flanges to hold the stopper in the bottle.

7 In a bottle-stopper, the combination of a valve-cage, a valve-casing, a valve each comprising a tube and an apertured tube surrounding the cage and provided with a closed end to prevent access to the cage.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES W. GEEKIE. Witnesses:

LEONARD OBEARN, MARION GEEKIE. 

